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. 2016 Oct 27;7:496. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2016.00496

Table 1.

Cellular dimensions and passive resistive and capacitive parameters of the modeled CMCs and MFBs.

Parameter Definition Value References
CMC CMC-sized MFB Large MFB
MEASURED PARAMETER
L Cell length 0.0060 cm 0.0060 cm 0.0120 cm Rohr et al., 1991
W Cell width 0.0020 cm 0.0020 cm 0.0040 cm Rohr et al., 1991
T Cell thickness 0.0003 cm 0.0003 cm 0.0003 cm
ρcyto Cytoplasmic resistivity 124 Ω cm 124 Ω cm 124 Ω cm Prudat and Kucera, 2014
Cm Specific membrane capacitance 1 μF/cm2 1 μF/cm2 1 μF/cm2
CMC-CMC CMC-MFB MFB-MFB
γ Intercellular conductivity 77.4 nSm 15.5 nSm 15.5 nSm Fitted
DERIVED PARAMETER
ρ Intercellular resistivity (1/γ) 1351 Ω cm 6755 Ω cm 6755 Ω cm
ρcyto, z Cytoplasmic resistivity in the z direction T·ρcyto 37.2·10−3Ωcm2 37.2·10−3Ωcm2
rcyto, z Cytoplasmic resistance per discrete element in the z direction T·ρcytoΔxΔy 0.595 0.595
ρgap, z Gap junctional resistivity in the z direction ρLπLW4 21.2 GΩ cm2 106.1 GΩ cm2
rgap, z Gap junctional resistance per discrete element in the z-direction ρL πLW4ΔxΔy 0.339 1.698
CMC-CMC CMC-MFB MFB-MFB
gz Conductance per discrete element in the z-direction (1rcyto,z+rgap,z) 2.94 nS 0.59 nS 0.59 nS